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One Fifth of Brain Stroke Patients Aged 40 and Below

December 4, 2016 Srijita40, aged, and, below, Brain, fifth, of, One, Patients:, Stroke

Neurosciences experts from around the world on Friday warned that patients with brain stroke are continuously rising in India and nearly one-fifth of patients with first-ever stroke admitted to hospitals are aged 40 years or less. Doctors participating at a three-day international meet to discuss the epidemic of stroke cases, also said that India had witnessed a extreme rise in smoking, systolic hypertension, high fasting blood glucose level, and lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the population at a younger age predisposing to a stroke sooner. The first day on Friday…

An Egg a Day May Cut Stroke Risk: Study

November 3, 2016 Srijitaa, an, Cut, Day, Egg, May, Risk, Stroke, Study

A daily dose of one egg daily – an affordable source of high quality protein – may cut the risk of suffering a stroke by 12 per cent, a new study has claimed. One large egg boasts six grammes of high-quality protein and antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, found within the egg yolk, as well as vitamins E, D and A, researchers said. Consumption of up to one egg per day had no association with coronary heart disease (CHD) and a 12 per cent reduction of stroke risk, they said. Researchers…

Ignoring a Minor Stroke Ups Risk for More Strokes Soon After

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People who have a minor stroke – or even a mini-stroke – are at serious risk for further strokes in the next few days, but many people delay going to the hospital because they do not recognize the symptoms, UK researchers warn. Often for these kinds of stroke, experts recommend surgery within 48 hours to unclog a major artery that supplies blood to the brain. People may not realize that vision problems can be an indicator of stroke, which can add to the delay in treatment, the researchers write in…

Most Fatal Type of Stroke Declining Along With Smoking Rates

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The type of brain bleeding that causes the most lethal kind of stroke has declined substantially since 1998, possibly as a result of falling smoking rates, according to researchers in Finland. Bleeding in the space between the brain and the thin tissue covering it, known as subarachnoid hemorrhage, affects fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. each year and represents about 10 percent of all strokes. About 50 percent of all cases die within a year, the study authors note in the journal Neurology. In Finland, however, a decline since…

Anemia Tied to Worse Survival Odds After Stroke

August 24, 2016 SrijitaAfter, Anemia, Odds, Stroke, Survival, tied, to, worse

Some older adults with anemia may fare worse after a stroke, a study suggests, although the reason and the right treatment are still unclear. Anemia is common in older adults and has various causes, including a lack of red blood cells or low levels of hemoglobin, the proteins in red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body. When researchers analyzed data on almost 30,000 stroke patients, they found anemia associated with almost twice the risk of dying in the first year after an ischemic stroke – the most common…

Sleeping too much or too less? You may be at stroke risk

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Sleeping too much or too less? You may be at stroke risk (Miguel Sanz/Getty Images) Growing evidence has indicated that sleep disorders are highly prevalent in stroke patients, according to a recent literature review. Both insomnia and oversleeping are risk factors as well as consequences of stroke and may affect the patient’s recovery and recurrence of disease. The review is published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The authors of the review have recommended that people who have had a stroke…